Using the Theory of Reasoned Action as the theoretical base, data collected through a semi-annual survey of web users was used to determine if beliefs about privacy and Internet security helped determine attitudes towards the Internet, which were thought to affect intent to make Internet purchases. Intent, in turn, was thought to affect actual purchasing behavior. Taking Internet experience int...

The Human Aspects of Information Security Questionnaire (HAIS-Q) is being developed using a hybrid inductive, exploratory approach, for the purpose of evaluating information security threats caused by employees within organisations. This study reports on the conceptual development and pre-testing of the HAIS-Q. Results from 500 Australian employees were then used to examine the reliability of t...

This study aims to develop a model for the user acceptance for implementing the information security standard (i.e. ISO 27001) in Turkish public organizations. The results of the surveys performed in Turkey reveal that the legislation on information security public which organizations have to obey is significantly related with the user acceptance during ISO 27001 implementation process. The fun...

This paper aims to empirically examine the factors that affect the adoption of Internet banking in Tunisia. In order to explain the factors, this paper extends the “Technology Acceptance Model” by adding additional external factors such as security and privacy, self efficacy, social influence, and awareness of services and its benefits. The findings of the study suggests that the security and p...

In this paper, the authors compare the usability of SMS mobile banking and automated IVR telephone banking. Participants (N = 116) used SMS banking and IVR banking to find their account balance in a repeated-measures experiment. IVR banking scored higher for usability metrics: effectiveness, attitude, and quality. There was no clear difference in rank order of preference between the two channel...

developing social entrepreneurship has become a key issue for researchers and policy makers, as social entrepreneurs are agents of socio-economic development. because of the intention- based nature of social entrepreneurial behaviors, the present study at the first stage explores the relationship between social entrepreneurial attitude and social entrepreneurial intention. at the second stage, ...

The human is frequently referred to as the weakest link of security. Employees who engage in behaviors contrary to their organization’s security policy often cause undesirable outcomes. This research presents a dual-processing model explaining and predicting secure behavior in relation to password policies. The model posits that the number of password security layers (technical controls), train...

Online shopping provides a good example of the business revolution. In China, e-commerce is currently experiencing a period of rapid development; the large number of Internet users provides a good foundation for the expansion of the online shopping market. In this study, perceived usability, perceived security, perceived privacy, perceived after-sales service, perceived marketing mix, and perce...

This study was aimed to assess the relationship between employees’ attitude and information security (InfoSec) performance in Ethiopian, INSA context. Employees ‘attitude treated as independent variable InfoSec a dependent of study. Correlational research design employed. Using stratified random sampling technique 320 participants were sampled. AIS ISP scales used collect data. Based on suitabi...

a survey on attitude of health workers of west azerbaijan health centers based on herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory 2006 a barati , f hosseini , s akbari received: 16 july, 2009 accepted: 25 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: one of the main and important elements of every organization is to care for human source. staff satisfaction and motivation are of high significance in organiza...